United Torah Judaism chairman MK Israel Eichler responded to outgoing
Kadima MK Tzipi Livni´s farewell speech in which she said
she "refused to sell the country out to the hareidim."

"Europe is concerned about the increase in racist and extremist
parties following the influx of foreign immigrants with hateful
beliefs into their countries," Eichler said. "Hatred and racism are
enemies of democracy and a threat to human freedom and the state,
police say."

However, he said in a clear allusion to Livni´s liberal politics, "No
one dares talk about selling out the country to illegal African
immigrants, and the Gentiles."

"The only racist statements are those made by Tzipi Livni, who
resigned from the Knesset today," he added.

Eichler claimed Livni was "inciting against the ultra-Orthodox public
again," adding that she made her remark, "As if the hareidi are
foreign immigrants who invaded her country."

He said hareidim were being "pilloried" in their own homeland by
domestic racists, saying "The Lord will fight for us against all our
enemies, both at home and abroad."

"It is only because of the ultra-Orthodox, here in Israel, that today
we are in our beloved homeland of three-thousand years dating back to
God´s promise to Abraham that ´to your seed I shall give the land´,"
Eichler claimed.